MOSCOW, Jul 26 World chess title match between Russian Yan Nepomniachtchi and China's Ding Liren will take place in April-May 2023, said Emil Sutovsky, CEO of the International Chess Federation (FIDE). Earlier in July, reigning world champion Norwegian Magnus Carlsen announced that he would not play in the match for the world chess crown with Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi. winning the Candidates Tournament. The Norwegian defended the title four times, the last time he beat Nepomniachtchi in 2021. After the champion refuses to defend the title, it will be played by the winner of the Candidates Tournament and the chess player who took second place in it. «It is planned that Ding Liren and Nepomniachtchi will play in April-May 2023. If one of them does not want or cannot take part in match, he will be replaced by the chess player who took third place in the Candidates Tournament (Azerbaijani Teymur Radjabov). If further replacement is required, it will be carried out in accordance with the January 2023 rating,» Sutovsky wrote on Twitter. Sutovsky also said that the Candidates Tournament will take place in two stages. The first will take place in October-November 2022, the second — in January-February 2023. The match for the women's world chess crown is scheduled for the summer of 2023.
